Folding umbrella.



upon the stick. This sleeve has the upper end thereof provided with radially disposed L-shaped arms 29 and the depending portions 30 0f said arms are adapted to be engaged by lugs 31 carried by the peripheral edges 0f a nut screwed upon the sleeve 28, as at 33. Detachably mounted upon the arn1s 29 und retained in position by the nut 32 are the lower ends 0f spreaders 34, each spreader having the lower end thereof T- shaped t0 engage under the arn1s 29, while the upper 01 outer end of the spreader is pivotally connected by a pin 36 t0 opposifely disposed lugs 37 carried by the upper end 0f the rib section 21.

.The Stiel: sections l und 3 are provided Wifh the usual detents 01 cacches 38 adapted t0 engage in a slot 39 provided therefor in the runner, whereby the runner can be held in an elevated osition With the 1nnbrella open 01 in a lowered positionwith the umb1ella closed.

T0 fold the mnbrella is remm ed, the nut 32 the T-shaped ends 04 the outer 1'ib sections 22 211'e folded inwardly t0 engage the sections 21, the sp1eaders 34 swung upwardly to engage t'he sections 20, and then the folded sections 21 and 22 swung npwardly into parallelism with ihe sections 20 and the spreaders 34. By unscrewing the coupling piece 11, the sections l, 2 and 3 can be disjointed and as the tip section 4 has been rexnoved to remove the cover fron1 when open the cover loosened t0 1elease spreaders 34. The

the umbrella, the vnrious palts 0f the umbrella a1e 110W in .c0ndition to be placed in a small parcel 0r a suitable receptacle.

aving now described my invention what I claim as new, is:

An umbrella comprising a stick, a spreader having one end pivotaHy connected there- With, a 1'ib comprising an inner and an outer sect-ion, means for pivotally connecting the inner end 0f the inner section of the rib with the stick, a strap su1rounding the inner rib section at a point removed fron1 its outer end and having its ends projecting inwardly from said inner section and apertu1ed, said 0ute1 1ib section having an ungularly disposed inner end pivotally 0011- nected to the apertured ends 0f sa1'd strap, said rib section further provided with an inwardly-extending pair 0f apertured lugs in proximity t0 the inner encl 0f said unter section, 1neans f0r pivotally connecting the spreader t0 said apertured lugs, and are taining member carried by the oute1 1'ib section and adapted t0 be shifted upon the outer end of the inner 1ib section f01 coupling the outer end 0f the inner 1ib section to the outer 1'ib section at a p0int removed fr0n1 the inne1 end of the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix n1y signatnre the presence of tw0 witnesses.

GEORGE V. W'OOLLETT. Vit-nesses KARL H. BUTLER, EVA A. MILXE. 

